Acquisition of new paleomagnetic lab equipment for Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania

为宾夕法尼亚州布林莫尔学院采购新的古地磁实验室设备

• 批准号: 0418663
• 负责人: Arlo Weil
• 金额: $ 11.44万
• 依托单位: Bryn Mawr College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-11-15 至 2007-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0418663&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; new; paleomagnetic; lab; equipment

0418663WeilThis grant supports acquisition of new paleomagnetic equipment by Bryn Mawr College (BMC) for the purposes of (1) supporting research into fold-thrust belt kinematics, global tectonics, paleogeography, and fundamental aspects of paleomagnetism and its applications, (2) supporting new creative initiatives in interdisciplinary faculty and student research in fields such as environmental magnetism, geoarcheology, marine geology and paleoclimateology, and (3) enhancing undergraduate research and the curriculum at BMC. Equipment to be purchased includes: 1) a spinner magnetometer and related accessories to measure remanent magnetizations in sediment and rock samples, 2) demagnetization instruments (including thermal and alternating field demagnetizers) to progressively remove remanent magnetizations under controlled laboratory conditions, 3) a magnetically shielded space in which to perform the paleomagnetic analysis, and 4) basic rock magnetic equipment for characterization of magnetic mineralogy. The capabilities of this equipment will enhance a broad base of innovative structural geology and tectonic research at BMC, and will greatly enhance the college's new interdisciplinary efforts. These new facilities will be available for use by researchers at other educational institutions throughout the greater Philadelphia area. Finally, the acquisition of these new facilities will be incorporated into college courses, and undergraduate students will be actively involved in all research projects that will utilize the requested equipment. Because all undergraduate students at BMC are women, the equipment will serve to train underrepresented students in the geosciences. ***

这笔赠款支持布林莫尔学院(BMC)购买新的古地磁设备，目的是(1)支持褶皱冲断带运动学、全球构造、古地理和古地磁学及其应用的基本方面的研究，(2)支持在环境磁学、地质考古学、海洋地质学和古气候学等领域的跨学科教职员工和学生研究的新的创造性举措，以及(3)加强BMC的本科生研究和课程设置。将购买的设备包括：1)用于测量沉积物和岩石样品中剩余磁化的旋转式磁强计及相关附件；2)用于在受控实验室条件下逐步消除剩余磁化的退磁仪器(包括热场和交变磁场消磁器)；3)用于进行古地磁分析的磁屏蔽空间；以及4)用于表征磁性矿物学的基本岩石磁性设备。该设备的能力将增强BMC创新构造地质学和构造研究的广泛基础，并将极大地促进学院新的跨学科努力。这些新设施将供费城地区其他教育机构的研究人员使用。最后，购买这些新设备将纳入大学课程，本科生将积极参与所有将使用所需设备的研究项目。由于BMC的所有本科生都是女性，这些设备将用于培训地球科学领域中代表性不足的学生。***